Susan P. Walker
University of the West Indies
146 Papers
1.3K Citations
Susan P. Walker is an academic researcher from University of the West Indies. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Early childhood. The author has an hindex of 48, co-authored 134 publications. Previous affiliations of Susan P. Walker include University of London & Harvard University.
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Papers
Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries
Robert E. Black,Cesar G. Victora,Susan P. Walker,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Parul Christian,Mercedes de Onis,Majid Ezzati,Sally Grantham-McGregor,Sally Grantham-McGregor,Joanne Katz,Reynaldo Martorell,Ricardo Uauy +11 more
TL;DR: It is estimated that undernutrition in the aggregate--including fetal growth restriction, stunting, wasting, and deficiencies of vitamin A and zinc along with suboptimum breastfeeding--is a cause of 3·1 million child deaths annually or 45% of all child deaths in 2011.
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Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course
Maureen M. Black,Maureen M. Black,Susan P. Walker,Lia C. H. Fernald,Christopher T Andersen,Ann M. DiGirolamo,Chunling Lu,Dana Charles McCoy,Günther Fink,Yusra Ribhi Shawar,Jeremy Shiffman,Amanda E. Devercelli,Quentin Wodon,Emily Vargas-Barón,Sally Grantham-McGregor +14 more
TL;DR: Recent scientific progress and global commitments to early childhood development are examined, with new neuroscientific evidence linking early adversity and nurturing care with brain development and function throughout the life course.
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Child development: risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countries
Susan P. Walker,Theodore D. Wachs,Julie Meeks Gardner,Betsy Lozoff,Gail A. Wasserman,Ernesto Pollitt,Julie A. Carter +6 more
TL;DR: The evidence is sufficient to warrant interventions for malaria, intrauterine growth restriction, maternal depression, exposure to violence, and exposure to heavy metals, including iron deficiency anaemia.
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Inequality in early childhood: risk and protective factors for early child development
Susan P. Walker,Theodore D. Wachs,Sally Grantham-McGregor,Maureen M. Black,Charles A. Nelson,Sandra L. Huffman,Helen Baker-Henningham,Susan M. Chang,Jena D. Hamadani,Betsy Lozoff,Julie Meeks Gardner,Christine Powell,Atif Rahman,Linda Richter +13 more
TL;DR: The goal is to provide information to help the setting of priorities for early child development programmes and policies to benefit the world's poorest children and reduce persistent inequalities.
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Labor Market Returns to an Early Childhood Stimulation Intervention in Jamaica
Paul Gertler,Paul Gertler,James J. Heckman,Rodrigo Pinto,Arianna Zanolini,Christel M. J. Vermeersch,Susan P. Walker,Susan M. Chang,Sally Grantham-McGregor +8 more
TL;DR: The authors reinterviewed 105 out of 129 study participants 20 years later and found that the intervention increased earnings by 25%, enough for them to catch up to the earnings of a nonstunted comparison group identified at baseline.